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Preparing vSphere 5.0 for VMware vFabric Data Director (2006198)

Purpose

This article explains how to configure the required settings in vSphere 5.0 for Network Time Protocol (NTP), VMware High Availability (HA), and Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), before deploying vFabric Data Director.

Note: For more information, see vSphere Settings for Data Director in the VMware vFabric Data Director Installation Guide. The guide contains definitive information. If there is a discrepancy between the guide and this article, assume that the article is correct.

Resolution

Before installing vFabric Data director, you must configure NTP, HA, and DRS in vSphere 5.0.

To set up NTP on the ESXi host:

Log in to the vCenter Server using the vSphere client.

Click Host and Clusters under Inventory on the vCenter Server home page.

Expand the ESXi inventory and click the ESXi host.

Click the Configuration tab, then click Time Configuration under Software.

Click Properties. This causes the Time Configuration window to display.

In the Time Configuration window, click Options and then click NTP settings in the Options window.